Ad Santel

Ad Santel, born Adolph Ernst, was a practitioner of catch wrestling. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 211 × 274 pixelsFull resolution (211 × 274 pixel, file size: 11 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 211 × 274 pixelsFull resolution (211 × 274 pixel, file size: 11 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. ... Catch wrestling is a popular style of wrestling with origins in a variety of styles, most notably those of Lancashire, England, collar-and-elbow, and catch-as-catch-can (which is the immediate source of its name). ...

Ad Santel fought one of the early clash-of-the-styles matches in modern martial arts history against Tokugoro Ito, a 5th degree black belt in Judo from Japan, who claimed to be the world Judo champion. Santel defeated Ito when a slamming takedown rendered the judoka unable to continue the point and proclaimed himself the world Judo champion. Ito returned the favor in their next match, however, defeating Santel by submission. Judo ), meaning gentle way, is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. ...

Ad Santel fought Judokas from the Kodokan from 1914-1921. The judokas he fought included 4th degree black belt Daisuke Sakai and 5th degree black belt Reijiro Nagata, all of whom Santel defeated. Ad Santel also drew with 5th degree black belt Hikoo Shoji. The challenge matches stopped after Santel gave up on the claim of being the world Judo champion in 1921 in order to pursue a career in full time professional wrestling. The Kodokan Institute is the headquarters of the Judo World. ...

The impact of these performances on Japan was immense. The Japanese were fascinated by the submissions taught in catch wrestling. Japanese fighters travelled to Europe in order to either participate in various tournaments or to learn catch wrestling at European schools such as Billy Riley's Snake Pit in Wigan, UK. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Santel lost his world heavyweight championship to Gobar Goho in 1922 in San Francisco. Gobar Goho is a legendary Indian wrestler and a practitoner of the Indian style of Pehlwani wrestling. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

External links

• A copy of the original "The Japanese Pro-Wrestling / Reality Based Martial Art Connection" article by Sam Chan
• History of Puroresu : The Pre-J.W.A. Period
• A New Dawn for an Old Style by Drew Price
• Japanese women learning real Fast by Tatsuo Shimoda. Ring Wrestling, April, 1965